24 March 2025
Setting Realistic Goals for Your Child
Setting goals is an essential part of personal development, and it’s no different for children. Helping your child set realistic goals can foster their confidence, build resilience, and teach valuable life skills. However, the challenge lies in ensuring that these goals are attainable and appropriate for their age and abilities. In this post, we’ll explore […]
10 March 2025
Activities to Support Your Child’s Occupational Therapy Progress
Occupational therapy plays a crucial role in helping children develop essential motor, sensory, and cognitive skills. While professional therapy sessions provide structured guidance, incorporating simple daily activities at home can significantly support your child’s occupational therapy progress. By making small, purposeful adjustments to your daily routine, you can help reinforce therapy goals in a fun […]
11 February 2025
Valentine’s Day Activities to Boost Language Skills
Valentine’s Day isn’t just about hearts, chocolates, and cards—it’s also a great opportunity to help children develop essential language skills in a fun and engaging way. Whether you’re a parent, teacher, or therapist, incorporating themed activities can enhance vocabulary, communication, and social interaction. Below are some creative Valentine’s Day activities designed to strengthen speech, comprehension, […]
6 September 2024
Fall and Halloween Activities with Children
After months of leisure and unstructured free time in the summer, fall therapy activities are a fantastic opportunity to get back into a routine and encourage children to spend as much time outside as possible. Many children spend most of their free time indoors, playing video games or scrolling through social media. Try to involve […]
11 July 2024
Fine Motor Skills
Fine motor skills are necessary for children to perform adequately in a classroom setting. These skills include holding and rotating a pencil, coloring, and even going to the restroom unassisted. If a child lacks these skills, it can make classroom tasks incredibly difficult and lead to frustration from all parties. To avoid your child falling […]
20 June 2024
Tips to Help your Child GRASP the Pincer Grip
The coordination of using your thumb and index finger to perform tasks, also known as the pincer grip, is a crucial part of fine motor development. Adults use this grip for all kinds of things, including buttoning shirts, picking up tiny objects, and even using a pencil. This pincer grip exercises is usually considered a […]
20 June 2024
4 Ways to Work on Your Child’s Occupational Therapy Skills During The Holiday Break
Occupational therapy is designed to help people overcome setbacks related to poor motor skills. These setbacks may make it difficult for children to perform well in school, and occupational therapy can work on skills children need, such as writing and typing or tying their shoes. Occupational therapy focuses on fine and gross motor skills and […]